Huamachuco (possibly from Quechua waman meaning "falcon" or "variable hawk", and Culli chuco meaning "earth" or "land", thus "land of falcons") is a town in northern Peru and capital of the province of Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco. Lake Sausacocha lies to the northeast.
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About 48 kilometres (30 mi) away, within the Huamachuco district, is the significant pre-Columbian archeological site of Marcahuamachuco. It is a complex of monuments that are the remnants of a prehistoric political and religious center of a culture that thrived 350 CE–1100 CE. The ruins of a Wari city, Viracochapampa, are located 3.5 km north of Huamachuco. Additionally there are many other pre-Columbian ruins around the town.
From the Wikipedia article Huamachuco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Huamachuco
- Cajamarca85 km NW
- Virú102 km SW
- Laredo104 km W
- Moche112 km W
- Trujillo112 km W
- Chocope127 km W
- Santiago de Cao130 km W
- Paiján136 km W
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